P206: Genetic and non-genetic factors associated with population longevity in Sardinia
(2014) European Geriatric Medicine — Vol. 5, n° suppl. 1, p. S148 (2014)
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- The study of populations with exceptionally high longevity is a promising model in mortality research. So far, we identified several geographical areas called ‘Longevity Blue Zones’ (LBZ) around the world where a significant proportion of people reach oldest age. In the Mediterranean island of Sardinia the LBZ encompasses a cluster of mountain municipalities where the chance of a newborn of becoming a centenarian was as high as 526/100,000. Outside the LBZ the distribution of long-lived people shows a more spatially dispersed pattern and the probability of living to 100 is ‘only’ 195/100,000, suggesting that the lifetime mortality selection is lower in the LBZ than elsewhere in Sardinia.
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Pes, G. M., Tolu, F., Errigo, A., Concu, D., Chambre, D., & Poulain, M. (2014). P206: Genetic and non-genetic factors associated with population longevity in Sardinia. European Geriatric Medicine, 5(suppl. 1), S148. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1878-7649(14)70380-8 (Original work published 2014)